dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package
dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages
dpkg-reconfigure reconfigures packages after they have
already been installed. Pass it the names of a package or packages to
reconfigure. It will ask configuration questions, much like when the package
was first installed.
If you just want to see the current configuration of a package,
see debconf-show(1) instead.
- -ftype,
--frontend=type
- Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be permanently
changed by:
dpkg-reconfigure debconf
Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the
noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog frontend
instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package.
- -pvalue,
--priority=value
- Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed.
dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter what your
default priority is. See debconf(7) for a list.
- --default-priority
- Use whatever the default priority of question is, instead of forcing the
priority to low.
- -u,
--unseen-only
- By default, all questions are shown, even if they have already been
answered. If this parameter is set though, only questions that have not
yet been seen will be asked.
- --force
- Force dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the package is in
an inconsistent or broken state. Use with caution.
- --no-reload
- Prevent dpkg-reconfigure from reloading templates. Use with caution; this
will prevent dpkg-reconfigure from repairing broken templates databases.
However, it may be useful in constrained environments where rewriting the
templates database is expensive.
- -h, --help
- Display usage help.
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>